Game Ball of the Week: Lance Moore Has Career Day
by Dave Cariello on Sep 30, 2010 6:00 AM CDT
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The votes have been tallied and Lance Moore has overwhelmingly been chosen by all of you to earn our first official Canal Street Chronicles Game Ball of the Week. Out of 437 total votes, Lance Moore earned 333 of them or 76%. Not even close.
Didn't know you were voting for a special award? Neither did I. But each week I've got to hand out a game ball as part of a Sprint sponsored series of posts and since you guys always vote for a Saints player of the game each week anyway, I figured why not just blend the two together. Damn, I'm good.
In case you missed it, here are Moore's numbers from this past Sunday:
| Receiving | Punt Return | |||||||||||
| Targets | Receptions | Yards | Avg. | LG | TD |
No. | Yards | Avg. | Long | FC | TD | |
| 7 | 6 | 149 | 24.8 | 80t | 2 |
1 | 72 | 72.0 | 72 | 3 | 0 | |
With just six catches in just one game, Moore came only four yards shy of his total reception yardage for all of last season. That's right, an entire season's worth of production in one game. Think about that! Actually, don't think about that because it will just remind you of Moore's disappointing 2009 season, much of which was missed due to injury. This was, far and away, the best performance to date of Lance's young career. And that's not even mentioning the life he breathed into special teams with his huge punt return early in the game to set up an easy score.
Which is great, because as I mentioned earlier, last year wasn't so kind to Moore; either were the first two games of this season. After leading all Saints ball catchers in 2008, fans have been expecting big things from the possession receiver. Until this week, we've been a little let down. But if Sunday's monster offering means anything then I would say Lance showed us all that he's back. The only question is whether or not he's here to stay.
Which leads us to our topic of debate for today. Will we see Brees and Moore renew their 2008 chemistry when Lance was always Drew's go-to guy? Or is this past Sunday's performance just a blip on the radar and are Moore's best days already behind him?
Talk amongst yourselves.
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The Good News . . .
1. Lance Moore is on fire and he’s going to get a lot of attention in the next few games providing some measure of the distraction that Reggie gave us.
2. Teams can beat us . . . if they play lights out, mistake-free football on both sides with career-best QB play, our deep threats go spastic with perfectly placed balls, and our kickers miss chip shot field goals. Even when we suck, we will probably beat your a**.
There’s no question in my mind that when the offense finally starts clicking—and they will start clicking—we’re going to roar into the playoffs. We’re 2 and 1 (should be 3 and 0); this is no time to dive off the bandwagon.
Pay Pierre.
Atlanta beat us sans mistake-free football on both sides and career-best QB play.
"I was not on the boat in question" -Darren Sharper
Sorry, Eeyore . . .
. . . I’m not buying your “keepin’ it real,” party-poop shtick.
S.F. and Atl. both shot their wads against us and the Falcons were incredibly lucky to come out of there with a win (look for a letdown for them this weekend).
What absolutely had to be done by the Saints at the absolute crunch moments got done; just like last week and the week before.
Pay Pierre.
10-4 Piglet ...
Even though I’m not buying your rose-tinted mask of false bravado.
Truth be told, the Saints shot their wads against the Falcons and were incredibly lucky to even be in a position to win it. What happens less frequently in football: a missed FG inside of 30 yards or having a live ball unexpectedly ricochet off your foot, only to be recovered by the opposing team?
Have a safe trip back to your roost.
"I was not on the boat in question" -Darren Sharper
I wouldn't say the Saints shot thier wad...
more like couldn’t get it up in the first place.
In Breesus' name we play
by Breesus Christ Superstar on Sep 30, 2010 5:36 PM CDT up reply actions
yet another side effect of cialis
It's gonna be a great year.
by Hans Petersen on Sep 30, 2010 6:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Didn’t we merely vote Moore the OFFENSIVE player of the game? I think you’re still calling the final shots, humble leader.
"I was not on the boat in question" -Darren Sharper
If I remember correctly he had multiple choices, defense just didn’t do enough to get on the ballet.
Week 4 matchup: Panthers
Week 4 motto: Black pants, burned they must be.
by Jon Banks on Sep 30, 2010 9:38 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
This vote brought to you by ACORN
In Breesus' name we play
by Breesus Christ Superstar on Sep 30, 2010 9:47 AM CDT up reply actions
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by Dave Cariello on Sep 30, 2010 10:01 AM CDT up reply actions
Ah-so! I thought it was typically two separate ballots.
"I was not on the boat in question" -Darren Sharper
On Andrew's offensive and defensive player grades
that is correct
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by Dave Cariello on Sep 30, 2010 10:41 AM CDT up reply actions
It would have been funny if the last choice had won.
Week 4 matchup: Panthers
Week 4 motto: Black pants, burned they must be.
It’s actually not much of a standard. In order to have a year statistically closer to 2008 than 2009, Moore would only have to average 3 receptions, 29 yards and 2 points per game for the remainder of the season. To equal 2008’s totals, he’d have to double those figures. Had he produced more in the first two games, I think he’d have a legitimate shot at that. As is, he’ll likely fall somewhere in between, i.e., closer to 2008.
"I was not on the boat in question" -Darren Sharper
by coldpizza on Sep 30, 2010 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
THis /\
We can't win at home. We can't win on the road. I just can't figure out where else to play!
-- Pat Williams
by Fat Punk Kicker on Sep 30, 2010 5:03 PM CDT up reply actions
I think that with StoneHands and Meecham not performing as we would like, Moore will become moore the go to guy (pun intended). I would like to see him play more like he did in 2008, but I would rather see the Saints play more like they did in 2009
Mystery Solved
I think Meach is not performing at the level we expected because he’s just pissed that 90% of NFL fans still can’t spell his name correctly. Poor dude.
Back in training camp
There were lots of reports saying that Moore was having a great camp and really lighting things up. The first 2 weeks were really disappointing performances offensively by the entire team, but I believe Lance is going to be extremely prolific from here out after his breakout performance against the birds.
"Never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake." -- Napoleon Bonaparte
Going forward I think Moore will continue to contribute. Colston is putting up solid, but not stellar, numbers. I imagine part of that is because he is garnering the most defensive attention on the field in passing situations. Henderson has shown that he’s not going to able consistently take advantage of the opportunities that provides for him, while Moore showed on Sunday that he’ll do his best to make those opportunities count. He’ll also more than likely catch the damn ball.
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